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How have you been?
It’s been a while since the last time I wrote you.
Do you still sing? Or daydream at the worst of times?
Walk at night to free your mind?
Gather courage from stars that glow and hum like city lights?
Can you still hear the sound of the trains behind my house?
Does it even reach where you are?
I may never know.
And where is that exactly?
I never got the chance to ask you about it in the last letter I wrote.
My hands are stained with ink pouring from my pen
My loose-leaves start to curl and yellow
Like leaves hanging from the tree
In the front yard, offering its shade
I can see us reading there and sharing our own stories.
So I play out both our roles:
A conjuror of fables who destroys to create,
And one who deals in prose and marvels at the way
The world takes shape before them,
And comes to life from page.
I follow your old route with hope that I’ll see you there
And pray that I’m not dreaming,
That this time you’re real.
Our walk ends on Maxine Street, the same place it began
Sixteen years before this – before you left.

I can’t be both of us forever
I think you know that, too.
I can’t be both of us forever
You need to come back soon.

Half of you remains here,
Your presence to be felt breathing through your stories,
Those lives upon your shelf.
Do you remember Maxine, this place to lay your head?
What about your family? What about your friends?
Half of you remains here,
Your presence to be felt breathing through your stories,
Those lives upon your shelf.
Still, here you have Maxine Street, a place to lay your head.
Here, you have your family. Here, you have your…
If you decide to come back home, and you can’t find your way
Just look up at the starlight
And listen for the trains.
You won’t have to worry about not finding me.
I’ve always kept the light on.

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from Letters from Home, track released July 31, 2018

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